Late Miocene herbivorous mammals from the southeast foothills of Sahand

Remains of fossil herbivorous mammal from families like Elephantidae، Rhinocerotidae، Giraffidae، Bovidae and Equidae have been studied systematically from a new fossiliferous horizon from the Ilkhchi area in the southeastern high foothills of Sahand. Genera such as Hipparion، Gazella، Samotherium، Chilotherium and Choerolophodon and some undetermined specimens are identified and reported. Based on the position of the layer containing fossils، which is placed at the top of a volcanic (dacitic tuff) key bed and based on the absolute ages available from this key layer، a Late Miocene age is proposed for this fauna.